We’ve written on this race previously:
38th Legislative District – first quarter campaign finance reports
The August 5, 2008 primary results:
State Representative – District 38 Precincts Reporting 3 of 3
Silvey, Ryan REP 1,089 83.4%
McIntire, Marcus P. REP 217 16.6%Reed, Josh DEM 1,414 100.0%
Total Votes 2,720
Democratic challenger Josh Reed and his “grass rootsie” campaign will face republican incumbent Ryan Silvey and all that big money in the November general election.
Let’s take a look at those campaign finance reports. First, the second quarter 2008 campaign finance report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission by Josh Reed (D) on July 14th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $8,947.72
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $3,277.50
8. FUNDS USED FOR REPAYING LOANS THIS PERIOD $1,680.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $10,545.22
10. TOTAL EXPENDITURES FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $693.74
11. EXPENDITURES MADE BY CASH OR CHECK THIS PERIOD $3,861.95
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $4,555.69
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $4,577.41
[emphasis added]
Let’s look at where the money came from:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
Report Date: 7/14/2008MO. State UAW PAC Hazelwood, MO 06/12/2008 $325.00
38th District Legislative Comm. Kansas City, MO 06/30/2008 $550.00
8th Ward Democratic Committee Kansas City, MO 05/05/2008 $200.00
Committee for a Safer City Kansas City, MO 05/08/2008 $50.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $1,025.00
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A little bit of organized labor, a few party committees, individual contributions, and those “grass rootsie” small contributions. That looks like balance to me.
The expenditures:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
ReportDate: 7/14/2008A. EXPENDITURES OF $100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY
Office Max Photocopying $22.55
Platte County Federated Women’s Club Breakfast $40.00
Melissa Pruetting Childcare $16.25
Missouri Ethics Commission $60.00
Shell Gas Station $50.00
Obama for America Volunteer Prizes $44.60B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
Postmaster Smithville, MO 04/30/2008 $250.00
Postmaster Smithville, MO 05/05/2008 $302.95
Postmaster Smithville, MO 05/06/2008 $137.10
Service Printing Kansas City, MO 05/28/2008 $350.11
Service Printing Kansas City, MO 06/04/2008 $2,026.31
Obama for America Chicago, IL 06/19/2008 $296.00
Service Printing Kansas City, MO 05/07/2008 $266.08
Mail! Printing! Signs? Do you think his campaign committee name gives away his inspiration?
Okay, let’s go through his 8 day before the primary election report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 28th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $10,545.22
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $0.00
8. FUNDS USED FOR REPAYING LOANS THIS PERIOD $1,186.96
11. EXPENDITURES MADE BY CASH OR CHECK THIS PERIOD $1,029.28
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $2,361.17
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Do you get the feeling that this campaign is being planned around a kitchen table? You’ve got to love it.
No contributions in the two week period (come on people, you know what to do), so let’s look at those expenditures:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe[e]: JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
Report[ ]Date: 7/28/2008Linn Marketing $10.00
Salvation Army Office Supplies $14.95
Shell Gas Station – Fuel $52.70
Gas N Stuff – Fuel $56.63B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
Voicent Communications Cupertino, CA 07/15/2008 $895.00
Predictive dialing. Work those phones.
Now, let’s take a look at the big money republican incumbent. Ryan Silvey (r) filed his second quarter 2008 campaign finance report with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 15th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY1. TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR THIS ELECTION PREVIOUSLY REPORTED $45,125.00
2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $7,075.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $52,200.00
15. TOTAL EXPENDITURES THIS ELECTION (SUM 10B + 14A) $30,855.18
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $26,337.30
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Money, money, money, mo-ney. Money!
The contributions:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
Report Date: 7/15/2008PT-PAC of Missouri 05/28/2008 325.00
Teamsters 245 PAF Springfield, MO 04/15/2008 $350.00
Embarq Employee PAC of MO Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $250.00
Kansas City Life Employees PAC Fund I Kansas City, MO 06/20/2008 $300.00
Citizens for Ruestman 06/18/2008 $100.00
Community Health Access Committee Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $250.00
Missouri Republican Leadership Council St. Louis, MO 06/11/2008 $300.00
Missouri State Council Fire Fighters PAC St. Louis, MO 06/23/2008 $325.00
Missouri Medical Jefferson City, MO 06/30/2008 $325.00
Missouri Health Care Assoc. PAC Jefferson City, MO 04/21/2008 $325.00
District 7 MHCA PAC 236 Jefferson City, MO 04/21/2008 $325.00
Missouri Organization of Defense Lawyers Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
Teamsters Local 688 St. Louis, MO 04/29/2008 $325.00
Missouri State Chiropractors Assoc. Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
Teamsters Local 955 Kansas City, MO 06/13/2008 $325.00
Missouri Financial Services PAC Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
AGC of St. Louis St. Louis, MO 06/12/2008 $325.00
Missouri Cable PAC Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
Missouri Independent Bankers Assoc. Liberty, MO 04/14/2008 $325.00
Missouri Assoc. of Nurse Anesthetists 05/28/2008 $325.00
MHA PAC for Health Jefferson City, MO 05/08/2008 $325.00
AMECPAC Jefferson City, MO 05/05/2008 $325.00
11. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT FUND-RAISERS AS REPORTED IN LINE 8 ON FORM CD 1A $0.00
12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00
14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00
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What? No small dollar contributors? If truth in advertising were required for campaign committee names Ryan Silvey would have to change his to “Corporate Interests for Silvey” (pace our good friends in the Teamsters and Firefighters).
Where did he spend the money?:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
Report[ ]Date: 7/15/2008A. EXPENDITURES OF $
100 OR LESS BY CATEGORY
Food $61.14
Gas $439.20
Copies $3.51
Office Supplies $84.60B. ITEMIZED EXPENDITURES ALL OVER $100 AND ALL PAYMENTS TO CAMPAIGN WORKERS
Public Storage Gladstone, MO 05/05/2008 Storage $106.00
Public Storage Gladstone, MO 06/03/2008 Storage $106.00
Humphrey, Farrington & McClain Independence, MO 64051 04/29/2008 Legal Services/Research $4,000.00
Almar Printing Kansas City, MO 06/12/2008 Printing $1,141.89
Public Storage Gladstone, MO 04/03/2008 Storage $98.00
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Storage?
Okay, who spends $4000.00 on legal fees for a campaign when your name isn’t Matt Blunt?
Next we’ll go through Ryan Silvey’s 8 day before the primary election report filed with the Missouri Ethics Commission on July 28th:
Detailed Summary of Committee Disclosure Report
Committe[e]: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY2. ALL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED THIS PERIOD $5,575.00
9. TOTAL ALL RECEIPTS THIS ELECTION(SUM 1B + 7A – 8A) $57,775.00
11. EXPENDITURES MADE BY CASH OR CHECK THIS PERIOD $1,304.82
28. MONEY ON HAND AT THE CLOSE OF THIS REPORTING PERIOD (SUM 25 + 26 – 27) $30,607.48
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Let’s see where all that money came from in less than two weeks:
Detailed Summary of Contributions And Loans Received
Committee: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
Report Date: 7/28/200819th Legislative District Republican Committee St. Charles, MO 07/23/2008 $1,500.00
14th Legislative District Republican Committee St. Charles, MO 07/23/2008 $1,500.00
11. TOTAL CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED AT FUND-RAISERS AS REPORTED IN LINE 8 ON FORM CD 1A $0.00
12. TOTAL ANONYMOUS CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $25 OR LESS $0.00
13. TOTAL MONETARY CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00
14. TOTAL IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS RECEIVED FROM PERSONS (NOT COMMITTEES) GIVING $100 OR LESS $0.00
[emphasis added]
Labor, PACs, and party committees.
Still? No small dollar individual contributions? He must be trying really hard to not accept them.
Expenditures:
Detailed Summary of Expenditures And Contributions Made
Committe: CITIZENS FOR RYAN SILVEY
ReportDate: 7/28/2008Public Storage Gladstone, MO 07/03/2008 Storage
1866 [aggregate amount to date] $106.00
He’s still storing something. I wonder what? His parade car?!
Silvey also filed 24 hour reports listing contributions from PACs on July 29th (pdf), July 31st (pdf), and August 4th (pdf).
This race has a grass roots populist David vs. Goliath feel to it. How about helping out David with a few stones for his sling? You all know what to do.
MECID:C071385
JOSHUA REED FOR CHANGE
205 NW 73RD ST
GLADSTONE MO 64118